Learn how dry ice cleans.
Plain-language explainers and technical references for buyers who want to evaluate the method before requesting a quote. Written by our crew, not by an SEO contractor.
From Driveways to Manufacturing: How the Van Horn Family Built Summit Surface Partners
Featured in the Daily Inter Lake — the family story behind Summit Surface Partners and Summit Cryo, from one truck in 2019 to the first Pitch Black asphalt emulsion sealcoat plant in Montana.
Read articleWhat is Dry Ice Blasting?
How CO₂ pellets clean without added process water, chemicals, or abrasion — explained for plant managers.
Read articleDry Ice vs. Pressure Washing: A Plant Manager's Comparison
When pressure washing is the wrong tool, and what dry ice does instead.
Read articleFood Plant Sanitation: Where Dry Ice Fits Alongside SSOP and HACCP
Dry ice blasting is a mechanical soil-removal step. How it fits alongside your plant's own SSOP and HACCP program.
Read articleCleaning a Food Plant Inside Your Maintenance Window: Mechanical Soil Removal With Dry Ice
No-water, no-chemical mechanical soil removal, scheduled inside an existing maintenance window when access and ventilation allow — not a substitute for your sanitizer or your SSOP.
Read articleFleet Route Day Economics: Why Recurring Beats Reactive
Why scheduled recurring cleaning costs less per asset than reactive deep cleans.
Read articleFire & Smoke Restoration: A Subcontractor Workflow Guide
How dry ice blasting fits a restoration contractor's documentation and timeline.
Read articleOSHA, CO₂ & Confined Space Safety in Dry Ice Blasting
Ventilation planning, PPE, and confined-space considerations on every job.
Read articleCO₂ Pellets vs. Block Ice: Why Pellet Size and Density Matter
Pellet diameter, hardness, and feed rate decide whether dry ice cleans or scars the substrate.
Read articleWalk-In Evaporator Coil Cleaning: The 12-Month Energy Payback
Why dirty cooler coils are the highest-ROI dry ice scope in any food or grocery operation.
Read articleDecal-Safe Fleet Cleaning: Why Pressure Washing Costs More Than You Think
Decals, reflective tape, and graphic wraps drive resale value — pressure washing destroys them.
Read articleAnatomy of a Mobile Dry Ice Rig: What Shows Up in Your Yard
Compressor, blaster, pelletizer, hoses, PPE — what a real mobile dry ice rig looks like and why it matters to you.
Read articleIICRC Documentation Standards for Subcontracted Soot Removal
How to deliver dry ice blasting documentation that satisfies IICRC S500/S520 and adjuster expectations.
Read articleScheduling Dry Ice Into Your Plant's PM Window
How to fit external cleaning crews into a working maintenance schedule without losing production hours.
Read articleCold-Weather Dry Ice Blasting Across the Mountain West
Why dry ice is the only year-round cleaning option for Montana, Idaho, the Dakotas, and Alberta.
Read articleInsurance, COI, and Risk Transfer for Industrial Cleaning Vendors
What to verify before letting any cleaning contractor onto your site — and what our coverage looks like.
Read articleHow to Select a Dry Ice Blasting Vendor: A Buyer's Checklist
Twelve questions that separate professional mobile dry ice contractors from rented-kit operators.
Read articleDoes Dry Ice Blasting Remove Rust?
What dry ice can and can't do with rust, oxidation, and corrosion — and what to use when it's the wrong tool.
Read articleHow Much Does Dry Ice Blasting Cost? A Buyer's Cost Guide
Distance-based pricing for mobile dry ice blasting — hourly inside 25 driving miles of Kalispell, a minimum project charge beyond — and the four variables that move the number.
Read articleDoes Dry Ice Blasting Kill Mold? What It Does and Doesn't Do
How dry ice removes mold from structural materials, where it fits in IICRC S520 remediation, and why it doesn't replace antimicrobial treatment.
Read articleDoes Dry Ice Blasting Remove Paint? Coating Stripping Explained
When dry ice strips paint, when it doesn't, and why most jobs that ask for paint removal actually want something else.
Read articleCommercial Kitchen Degreasing Without Added Process Water or Chemicals
Why high-volume kitchens are switching from caustic degreaser and pressure washing to dry ice — and what a typical scope looks like.
Read articleVehicle Undercarriage Cleaning and Restoration Prep
How dry ice strips decades of road grime, oil, and underseal from trucks, classics, and fleet undercarriages without added process water or media.
Read articleBuy vs. Hire a Dry Ice Blaster: A Buyer's Decision Guide
When it makes sense to buy a dry ice blasting rig, and when it doesn't — full cost stack, utilization math, and a decision framework.
Read articleDry Ice Blasting Safety Checklist for Plant Managers
A printable pre-job checklist for CO₂, hearing, PPE, electrical, and confined-space safety on any dry ice blasting scope.
Read articleDry Ice Blasting for Industrial Facilities: Cleaning Inside Your Maintenance Window
No moisture, no cleaning chemicals added, no tear-down. How dry ice blasting can be scheduled inside a maintenance window instead of a dedicated shutdown, subject to access, ventilation, and lockout/tagout.
Read articleDry Ice for Oilfield Equipment Maintenance: An Alternative to Pressure Washing on the Pad
Wellhead and frac equipment cleaning without produced-water-grade rinse on the pad. What dry ice blasting can and can't do for oilfield maintenance.
Read articleDry Ice vs. Sandblasting, Pressure Washing & Chemical Degreasers: When Each Is the Right Tool
A practical decision matrix for plant managers and fleet supervisors. We sell dry ice — but we'll tell you when it's the wrong call.
Read articleDry Ice as a Mechanical Cleaning Step in Food Plants: Where It Fits, What It Isn't
For meat, poultry, and other food facilities. How mechanical dry-ice soil removal fits into a cleaning step ahead of your own sanitizer, and what it is not a substitute for.
Read articleWinter Fleet De-Greasing: A Dry-Ice Route Program for Chassis Cleaning
A model for moving from quarterly steam to a recurring dry-ice route program to reduce salt exposure on chassis, harness, and brake components — worked example, not a guaranteed result.
Read articleSmoke and Soot Restoration: Xactimate-Ready Dry Ice for Restoration Contractors
Built for the restoration GC, not the homeowner. How we slot into your scope, what we put in the documentation packet, and why your adjuster signs off the first time.
Read articleAllergen Changeover Cleaning Between Production Runs: Mechanical Dry-Ice Soil Removal
Switching from peanut to non-peanut, dairy to non-dairy, or gluten to gluten-free on the same line. How a dry-ice mechanical pass can fit an existing changeover slot ahead of your own sanitizer and swab program.
Read articleContents Cleaning vs Structural Soot Removal: Scope Delineation for Restoration GCs
Where the contents team's scope ends and the structural soot sub's scope begins. How to write the two scopes so they don't overlap, double-bill, or leave a gap the adjuster bounces.
Read articleThree-Year Total Cost: A Worked Model for Dry Ice vs Pressure Washing
A blank cost model, not a case study. The line items that decide a 36-month cleaning budget — labor, water and chemical, downtime, corrosion, sensor replacement — with placeholder assumptions you replace with your own numbers.
Read articleMobile Dry Ice Blasting Near Me: A Mountain West and Northern Rockies Service Guide
Where we run, how the route works, what a same-week mobilization actually looks like across Montana, Idaho, eastern Washington, the Dakotas, and Western Canada. The hub for every market we serve.
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